Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda – Live in Montreal (2017)
Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda’s ‘Live in Montreal’ is a revelation about the enchantment that can come from combining world-class piano with an unconventionally inventive harp.
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Hiromi – Spark (2016)
‘Spark’ is Hiromi’s fourth go aorund with a formula that might get a little tiresome by now if she wasn’t so danged daring and exuberant in how she goes about it.
Moreland and Arbuckle – 7 Cities (2013)
Blues-rock music don’t normally lend itself to big themes, and the trio of Moreland & Arbuckle didn’t start out intending to have one, but when they got done finalizing the song roster for their latest release, they took a look at what they had and found one. You May AlsoRead More
Hiromi – Move (2013)
What do you get when you cross the discriminating refinement of a piano jazz trio with the ferocious impact of a power trio? You get Hiromi’s latest, dangerous little combo. You May Also Like: Hiromi – Spark (2016) Hiromi, “Spectrum” from ‘Spectrum’ (2019): One Track Mind
Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (2013)
Otis Taylor’s blues aren’t conventional blues. They’re aren’t good-time blues. Banjo in hand, he imbues them musically with an out-of-time, off-kilter sound — and then runs right at life’s bitter truths. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Streams: Otis Taylor, “Sit Across Your Table” from My World is Gone (2013)
Stream a new song — this scrappy groover called “Sit Across Your Table” — from trance bluesman Otis Taylor’s forthcoming project My World Is Gone, due on February 12, 2013 from Telarc-Concord. You May Also Like: Matthew Shipp Trio – ‘World Construct’ (2022)
Shemekia Copeland – 33 1/3 (2012)
Hitting the age where you’re a third of the way to 100 years old is evidently a milestone to some; certainly it was for George Harrison. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Otis Taylor on ‘One Million Slaves,’ ‘Open These Bars,’ ‘Resurrection Blues,’ others: Gimme Five
Otis Taylor has quickly become one of the most exciting and original voices in a genre badly in need of both.
Otis Taylor, iconoclastic bluesman: Something Else! Interview
Otis Taylor discusses the state of the blues, career intersections with Tommy Bolin and Gary Moore, and the banjo’s forgotten African-American legacy.
One Track Mind: Al Di Meola, "Strawberry Fields" (2011)
by Nick DeRiso Jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, the former teen prodigy in Return to Forever, accomplishes an uncommon thing here, making something out of a cover attempt at the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever.” You May Also Like: ‘Danny Says: A Documentary on the Life and Times of Danny Fields’Read More
